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1200 Howell St 1200 HOWELL ST EARLY DESIGN GUIDANCE DOWNTOWN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING ON 12/1/2015 DPD #3021813 CONTENTS URBAN FRAMEWORK Project Information and Neighborhood ............................................................................... 4 Zoning Summary / Zoning Map .......................................................................................... 6 Project Vicinity Building Use and City Context .................................................................... 8 Transportation and Street Level Analysis Maps .................................................................. 10 Surrounding Projects ....................................................................................................... 12 Neighboring Projects ....................................................................................................... 16 Site Details / Survey ....................................................................................................... 19 Climate Analysis and Solar Orientation ............................................................................ 20 Street Elevations and Photos ............................................................................................ 22 MASSING OPTIONS Option 1 .......................................................................................................................... 28 Option 2 .......................................................................................................................... 32 Option 3 (Preferred) ........................................................................................................ 36 Options Comparison ........................................................................................................ 38 STREETSCAPE AND PREFERRED MASSING Parti Diagrams ................................................................................................................. 43 Grade Level Plan .............................................................................................................. 44 Composed Street Level Plans and Elevations .................................................................... 45 Project Street Character Views.......................................................................................... 47 Design Inspiration Images ................................................................................................ 52 DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ANTICIPATED DEPARTURES Design Guidelines and Responses ................................................................................... 54 Anticipated Departures ..................................................................................................... 60 LANDSCAPE CONCEPT Landscape Concept and Reference Images ....................................................................... 66 APPENDIX Sun Shadow Studies ........................................................................................................ 69 Preferred Option Plans ..................................................................................................... 70 Building Section .............................................................................................................. 73 PROJECT INFORMATION total site area gross building area total residential units residential parking building height PROJECT DESCRIPTION & VISION 14,400sf 496,900sf 364 units 275 stalls 440ft The 1200 Howell project is located near the northeastern edge of the Denny Triangle neighborhood, between Minor Avenue and the major I-5 South on-ramp off Yale. The site is in close proximity to the downtown office core and major employers in South Lake Union, with easy access to both transit and vehicular routes. This portion of the Denny Triangle is currently one of the busiest areas of Seattle in terms of growth, with tower cranes for projects in SITE construction and many more “pipeline” projects in design. 1200 Howell is being developed as a residential condominium, offering a mix of unit sizes and configurations that will cater to new urbanite buyers and established homebuyers alike. This project will truly promote urban living and decreased dependance on the automobile for transportation, enabling residents to live, work and partake in the neighborhood cafes, shops and culture. Amenities will be located at two levels, the 7th floor at the top of the project podium, providing spaces for residents to relax amongst the immediate neighborhood scale and the rooftop spaces at the 40th floor in the larger context of the City and its surroundings, capturing the spectacular regional views available from the site. The retail location has DENNY WAY been chosen to enhance Howell Street as the emerging, retail / restaurant / and hospitality corridor connecting to the new convention center with the residential entry and lobby on the quieter Minor Avenue. The streetscape is further animated at the pedestrian level by living units at the intersection corner by living spaces on the 2nd to 6th floors. YALE AVE. 1200 Howell will be designed as a unique, dynamic and modern high-rise residential building, utilizing new forms STEWART ST that will not only define the project and the neighborhood, but also bring new vibrancy to the Seattle skyline. BOREN AVE. Burrard Development is a boutique development firm operating out of Vancouver, Canada with a focus on developing MINOR AVE. livable communities and award-winning site-specific buildings throughout the Pacific Rim. 1200 Howell is Burrard SITE I-5 NORTH Development’s first project in Seattle and our team is thrilled to participate in shaping this dynamic emerging neighborhood in downtown Seattle. VIRGINIA ST PROJECT STATISTICS HOWELL ST PROGRAM FLOORS AREA (APPROXIMATE) TERRY AVE. BELOW GRADE PARKING P2-P6 54,520 SF GRADE LEVEL RETAIL L1 2,700 SF RESIDENTIAL L2-L41 413,400 SF 9TH AVE. I-5 SOUTH AMENITY & ROOF DECK L7, R1 21,100 SF OLIVE WAY 1200 HOWELL ST | 12.1.2015 | PAGE 4 COPYRIGHT 2015 WEBER THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD DENNY TRIANGLE Connecting the Retail Core to Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, Denny Triangle is one of Downtown’s fastest growing neighborhoods with beautiful new developments pushing it forward. This vibrant area seamlessly integrates professional and residential communities with restaurants, bars, unique shops and public parks, all connected via the Seattle Streetcar Line. NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE Denny Triangle has edged past South Lake Union as Downtown’s fastest growing neighborhood, with a 27% percent increase in population in just the past five years. In 2013 Via6, one of Seattle largest apartment complexes, opened at 6th Avenue and Blanchard Street adding 654 units to the apartment inventory in Denny Triangle. Over 1,000 additional apartment and condominium units are expected to open by the end of 2017 including the phase one of Insignia Towers condominium, Premiere on Pine, Cirrus and Stratus. It is not just residential projects contributing to the transformation of Denny Triangle. Office development has added 1.7 million square feet to the neighborhood since 2005. Amazon.com has 2.2 million square feet in two towers under construction with two more towers in the pipeline and another building at 1915 Terry under renovation. Touchstone is building a 222-room hotel/office project with nearly 300,000 square feet of office space. Several other projects are in planning stages or waiting on permits, including several hotel projects and a potential convention center expansion at Convention Place Station. The site sits near the northeast corner of the Denny Triangle Neighborhood. NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY The Denny Triangle was regraded in the first part of the century to accommodate the growth of Seattle’s city grid and increased property values. The project removed Denny Hill, one of the proverbial seven hills of Seattle. It ran east from First Avenue between Pike Street and Denny Way. Hill and street were named after the Denny family, who were among the city’s earliest white inhabitants. The First Avenue regrade was started in 1897 and completed on January 6, 1899. From 1902 to 1911, the Hill was sluiced into Elliott Bay by pumping water from Lake Union using hydraulic mining techniques in a series of regrades along Pike and Pine Streets, Second Avenue, and the massive Denny Regrade No. 1 which regraded everything remaining between Fifth Avenue and the waterfront. In 1929–30, Denny Regrade No. 2 removed the final pieces of the hill east of Fifth Avenue using steam shovels. A picture of the 1929 Regrade of Denny Hill into its current topography. 1200 HOWELL ST | 12.1.2015 | PAGE 5 COPYRIGHT 2015 WEBER THOMPSON ZONING SYNOPSIS KING COUNTY PARCEL #’S 0660002325, 0660002310 NO PARKING REQUIRED ZONING CLASSIFICATION (MAP 1A; DMC 240/290-400 PARKING (23.49.019) WHEN PROVIDED, ONE STORY OF PARKING IS PERMITTED ABOVE THE STREET LEVEL 23.49.008.A.3) STORY OF THE STRUCTURE FOR EACH STORY OF PARKING PROVIDED BELOW GRADE, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FOUR STORIES ABOVE GRADE (23.49.019.B.2.b) SITE AREA 14,400 SF (120’ X 120’) PARKING SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE STREET BY ANOTHER USE FOR A MINIMUM PERMITTED USES (23.48.004) OFFICE, HOTEL, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, ETC. SEPARATION OF PARKING (23.49.019.B.3) OF 30% ALONG EACH STREET FRONTAGE OF THE STRUCTURE ABOVE THE THIRD STORY OF A STRUCTURE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY (23.49.056, MAP A) DENNY TRIANGLE URBAN CENTER VILLAGE BICYCLE PARKING (23.49.019.E) 1 SPACE FOR EVERY 2 DWELLING UNITS STREET CLASSIFICATIONS (23.49 MAP 1B, HOWELL STREET: PRINCIPAL TRANSIT STREET, CLASS 1 PEDESTRIAN
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